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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Piper's Polka Dots, Part 1

I wanted to have a lime green background with pink circles. I happened to see a pattern in McCall's Quilting March/April 2009 called Petals in the Grass. It had similar colors and I decided to use the placement of groups of petals for layout for the circles.

Sketch of layout

Background: 4.5" unfinshed squares -- scrappy

Circles: 4" finished (machine zigzag applique)

The plan was to construct the background in two vertical sections, apply most of the circles, quilt the sections separately, join the sections, and apply the last circle (with the X through it), then quilt it and the surrounding area.